Gender, Everyday Mobility, and Mass Transit in Urban Asia

Citation:

Lee, Anru. 2017. “Gender, Everyday Mobility, and Mass Transit in Urban Asia.” Mobility in History 8 (1): 85–94.

Author: Anru Lee

Abstract:

Mobility is a key word for understanding gender and class formation. In a recent review of feminism, gender, and mobility, historian Georgine Clarsen reminds us that movement never occurs through neutral physical space; it involves gendered bodies through gendered spaces, by means of transport technologies that are often deeply gendered. Furthermore, gendered meanings, practices, and experiences change greatly over time and location. For all these reasons, mobility is—and has to be—contextualized. This article takes inspiration from Clarsen and investigates recent literature on the issue of gender and everyday mobility in urban Asia across a number of academic disciplines.

Topics: Class, Feminisms, Gender, Infrastructure, Transportation Regions: Asia

Year: 2017

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